Tender in the Night

Tender in the Night

Instructions: Complete 10 of the following. Your answer should be approximately one paragraph in length, between 150-200 words. Copy the 10 questions you are going to answer into a new Microsoft Word file. When you are finished, upload your file to the drobox.

  1. The beginning of the novel is narrated by Rosemary Hoyt. Discuss the implications of Fitzgerald’s reliance on Rosemary as a narrator in this section of the story.
  2. In what ways does Nicole Diver change during the course of the novel? Does she experience an epiphany? Is so, what is it?
  3. In what ways does Dick Diver change during the course of the novel? Does he experience an epiphany? Is so, what is it?
  4. In what ways does Rosemary Hoyt change during the course of the novel? Does she experience an epiphany? If so, what is it?
  5. Discuss Baby Warren and the author’s attitude toward her.
  6. Discuss the significance of the movie Daddy’s Girl.
  7. What is the function of characters such as Collis Clay, Mr. McKisco, Luis Campion, and Senor Real?
  8. F. Scott Fitzgerald believed in “the principle of transference.” How does this principle manifest itself in the novel?
  9. Describe the progression of Dick and Nicole’s relationship.
  10. Select three themes explored in this novel. Explain those temes within the context of the novel.
  11. What motivates Dick Diver?
  12. What motivates Nicole Diver?
  13. What motivates Rosemary Hoyt?
  14. Explain the importance of scenes such as the murder in the train station and the murder of Jules Peterson to our understanding of the Dick Diver.
  15. Explain the importance of scenes such as the opening beach scene, the part at the Divers’ home, and the duel to our understanding of the novel.

Requirements: paragraph

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The most notable implication of this narrative is that the tone is completely different from that used in the rest of the story. The narrator of the book allows the reader to view the world of the divers through the youthful eyes of Rosemary and how they portray themselves. As the book begins, the readers can see that the Divers are living a perfectly normal and luxurious life which people envy, although later in the book, it all crumbles and falls apart. The author, Fitzgerald (1933), uses the adoration shown by Rosemary to raise the curiosity of the readers on who the people on the beach are and what they represent. Through Rosemary’s perspective, the readers

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